masters tournament committee assignments 2022

2018 Masters Committee Assignments

CHAIRMAN : Fred S. Ridley, Tampa, Fla.

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS : William P. Payne, Atlanta

VICE-CHAIRMAN : Joe T. Ford, Little Rock, Ark.

COMPETITION COMMITTEES : James B. Hyler Jr., Asheville, N.C., chairman; Geoffrey Y. Yang, Menlo Park, Calif.

RULES COMMITTEE: James B. Hyler Jr., Asheville, N.C., chairman; Mark E. Newell, McLean, Va., Honorary Chairman, President, USGA; Bruce Mitchell, Fife, Scotland, Honorary Chairman, Captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club; Pierre E. Bechmann, Chantilly, France; Sir Michael F. Bonallack, Fife, United Kingdom; James C. Davis, Hanover, Md.; Walter W. Driver Jr., Atlanta; Eugene M. Howerdd Jr., Augusta; Gordon B.B. Jeffrey, Southport, England; James E. Reinhart, Mequon, Wis.; Dr. John D. Reynolds III, Augusta; Ian W. L. Webb, Belfast, N. Ireland; Geoffrey Y. Yang, Menlo Park, Calif.; Victor Adames, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; J. Michael Bailey, Sandy, Utah; Diane Barabe, Ontario, Canada; Thomas Barkin, Atlanta; Stephen Beebe, La Quinta, Calif.; John Bodenhamer, Liberty Corner, N.J.; David Bonsall, London, England; Clive Brown, Conwy, United Kingdom; Paul G. Brown, Brookeville, Md.; Rick Burton, Atlanta; Tom Carpus, Kennett Square, Pa.; Stephen Cox, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Mike Davis, Liberty Corner, N.J.; Jim Deaton, Greensboro, N.C.; Tyler Dennis, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Jim Duncan, Wilmington, N.C.; Mark Dusbabek, Las Vegas; Clive Edginton, Surrey, England; Chip Essig, Greenwood, Ind.; Stuart Francis, Menlo Park, Calif.; Kendra Graham, Winter Park, Fla.; Ben Groutage, Birmingham, England; Kerry Haigh, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Jeff Hall, Liberty Corner, N.J.; Ron Hickman, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Bryan Jones, East Hanover, N.J.; Robert Kain, La Quinta, Calif.; Martha Lang, Shoal Creek, Ala.; Paul Levy, Indian Wells, Calif.; Bryan Lewis, Pinehurst, N.C.; Peter Lis, Wilmington, N.C.; Mark Litton, Woburn Sands, England; Edward Mate, Greenwood Village, Colo.; Dave McAtee, Evansville, Ind.; Andy McFee, Bucks, England; Grant Moir, Fife, Scotland; Gregory Morrison, Duluth, Ga.; John Mutch Jr., Nazareth, Pa.; Thomas Pagel, Liberty Corner, N.J.; John Paramor, Berkshire, England; David Podas, Los Angeles; Orlando Pope, Flower Mound, Texas; Nick Price, Hobe Sound, Fla.; Mark P. Reinemann, Pinehurst, N.C.; James Richerson, Phoenix, Ariz.; Steve Rintoul, Lithia, Fla.; Sharon Ritchey, Longboat Key, Fla.; Francisco Rivera, Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Mark Russell, Orlando, Fla.; Graeme Scott, Sandhurst, Australia; Clifford Shahbaz, Portland, Ore.; Richard Shortz, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; William Siart, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; John Slater, Heathrow, Fla.; Martin Slumbers, Fife, Scotland; Derek Sprague, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Ken Tackett, Charleston, W.Va.; Jittisak Tamprasert, Sentosa, Singapore; Gary Todd, Somerset West, South Africa; Robby Ware, Kingwood, Texas; Suzy Whaley, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Andy Yamanaka, Tokyo, Japan; Gary Young, Millbury, Mass.

CUP AND TEE MARKER PLACEMENT COMMITTEE : James E. Reinhart, Mequon, Wis., chairman; Jefferson B.A. Knox, Augusta; John W. Swigart, Maumee, Ohio; P. Daniel Yates III, Atlanta; Dirk E. Ziff, New York; David Graham, Dallas

GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE : Jefferson B.A. Knox, Augusta, chairman

PRACTICE ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE : David W. Dorman, Atlanta, chairman; James J. Dunne III, New York; William R. Howell, Carefree, Ariz.; James C. Kennedy, Atlanta; David S. Kirkland, Palm Beach, Fla.; David C. Novak, Louisville, Ky.; Ray M. Robinson, Atlanta; Ed W. Jones, Atlanta

STARTERS AND ANNOUNCERS COMMITTEE : Toby S. Wilt, Nashville, Tenn., chairman; James H. Blanchard, Columbus, Ga.; Bradford R. Boss, Cranston, R.I.; Virgis W. Colbert, Singer Island, Fla.; Donald V. Fites, Naples, Fla.; Bradford M. Freeman, Los Angeles; Sir Ronald Hampel, West Sussex, England; Phil S. Harison Jr., Augusta; J. Fleming Norvell, Augusta; Donald P. Remey, Jupiter, Fla.; David M. Roderick, Orlando, Fla.; Jack A. Vickers, Castle Rock, Colo.; J. Bransford Wallace, Nashville, Tenn.; William K. Warren Jr., Tulsa, Okla.; Scott Davenport, Charlotte, N.C.

ADMISSION CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE : Lee J. Styslinger III, Birmingham, Ala., chairman; Warren A. Stephens, Little Rock, Ark.

CONCESSION COMMITTEE : Michael D. Thompson, Birmingham, Ala., chairman

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE : Brian L. Roberts, Philadelphia, chairman; Hugh L. McColl III, Charlotte, N.C.; Timothy P. Neher, Boston; Samuel J. Palmisano, Southport, Conn.; Brady L. Rackley III, Atlanta

FINANCE COMMITTEE : Hugh L. McColl Jr., Charlotte, N.C., chairman; S. Taylor Glover, Atlanta; Edward D. Herlihy, New York; Robert L. Johnston, Atlanta

FIRST AID COMMITTEE : Dr. W. Howard Hudson, Augusta, chairman; Dr. Peter B. H’Doubler Jr., Atlanta; Dr. Paul J. Herzwurm, Evans; Dr. H. Bradford Jones, Augusta; Dr. Robert R. Waller, Memphis, Tenn.

GALLERY GUARDS COMMITTEE : Thomas M. Blanchard Jr., Augusta, chairman; Charles G. Caye Jr., Augusta; James M. Hull, Augusta; William S. Morris IV, Augusta; J.C. Henry Claussen III, Augusta; Alan K. Griffin, Evans; Ken Hardy, Augusta

GROUNDS COMMITTEE : William D. McKnight, Augusta, chairman; Charles R. Yates Jr., Atlanta; Joseph R. Burch Jr., Coconut Creek, Fla.; Lowell Dorn, Augusta; Jay Forrester, Augusta; Don A. Grantham, Augusta; Michael Greene, Evans; Steve Hackman, Evans; Nick Papadakes, Lake Forest, Ill.; Robert L. Sutton, Jacksonville, Fla.

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE : W. Patrick Battle, Atlanta, chairman; Aneel Bhusri, San Francisco; C. William Griffin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; William B. Harrison Jr., Greenwich, Conn.; Gregory E. Johnson, San Mateo, Calif.; Robert E. Long Jr., Greensboro, N.C.; Darla D. Moore, Florence, S.C.; Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Stanford, Calif.; Lynn C. Swann, Los Angeles; Kevin M. Warsh, New York

MEDIA COMMITTEE : Craig Heatley, Auckland, New Zealand, chairman; John J. Carr, Dublin, Ireland; George H. Davis Jr., Los Angeles; Scott T. Ford, Little Rock, Ark.; Edward D. Herlihy, New York; David B. Ingram, LaVergne, Tenn.; Robert L. Johnston, Atlanta; Mark C. McKinley, Dallas; William S. Morris III, Augusta; Thomas C. Nelson, Charlotte, N.C.; Claude B. Nielsen, Birmingham, Ala.; Samuel A. Nunn, Atlanta; Clark E. Perkins, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Ronald Townsend, Jacksonville, Fla.

PAR 3 CONTEST COMMITTEE : Lee J. Styslinger III, Birmingham, Ala., chairman; Bruce A. Lilly, St. Paul, Minn.; Donald P. Remey, Jupiter, Fla.

PARKING AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEE : Nick W. Evans Jr., Augusta, chairman; N. Turner Simkins, North Augusta; Barry L. Storey, Augusta; Thomas M. Dozier, Augusta; Paul Menk, Augusta; Richard Roundtree, Augusta

PRESENTATIONS COMMITTEE : Eugene M. Howerdd Jr., Augusta, chairman; Craig Heatley, Auckland, New Zealand; Gordon B.B. Jeffrey, Southport, England

SCORE REPORTING SYSTEM COMMITTEE : Charles H. Morris, Savannah, chairman; Thomas W. Dickson, Charlotte, N.C.; B. Franklin Dolan Jr., Augusta; Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Armonk, N.Y.; Mark C. Pigott, Medina, Wash.; William J. Badger, Augusta; Stephen W. Brown Jr., Evans; Joseph W. Hughes, Augusta

SECURITY COMMITTEE : Terence F. McGuirk, Atlanta, chairman; Daniel C. Breeden Jr., Spartanburg, S.C.; Luis J. Fernandez, West Palm Beach, Fla.; M. James Gorrie, Birmingham, Ala.; John S. McColl, Atlanta; H. Taylor Morrissette Jr., Mobile, Ala.; Christopher C. Quick, Uniondale, N.Y.; Robert H. Spilman Jr., Martinsville, Va.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS COMMITTEE : John H. Dobbs, Memphis, Tenn.; Edwin L. Douglass Jr, Augusta; William S. Farish, Houston; Dr. Harry T. Harper III, Evans; John W. Harris, Charlotte, N.C.; Clifford M. Kirtland Jr., Atlanta; H. Colin Maclaine, Lancashire, England; J. Haley Roberts Jr., Augusta; George P. Shultz, Stanford, Calif.; Leroy H. Simkins Jr., Augusta; Robert P. Timmerman, Aiken; Francis A. Townsend Jr., Aiken; Frank Troutman Jr., Atlanta

TOURNAMENT IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE : James H. Armstrong Jr., North Augusta, chairman; Robert W. Berry, Tulsa, Okla.; Thomas G. Cousins, Atlanta; R. Stuart Dickson, Charlotte, N.C.; Charles F. Knight, St. Louis, Mo.; Robert P. O’Block, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Jack Burke Jr., Houston; Robert Yanker, Atlanta

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE : Grey B. Murray, Augusta, chairman; Clayton P. Boardman III, Augusta

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Everything you need to know about the 2022 Masters Tournament - Preview, schedule, stars to watch

New world number one Scottie Scheffler bids for the coveted Green Jacket at Augusta, but most of the build-up concerns whether five-time winner Tiger Woods will indeed tee it up on Thursday.

The world's top men's golfers are set to tee off for the first major of the year, the 2022 Masters Tournament .

And this impressive list includes Tiger Woods .

The 86th edition of the iconic event will be held from 7-10 April at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA.

Unlike the rest of the major championships, there are no qualifying tournaments or alternates for the Masters which is an invitation event and the most exclusive of the four majors.

The top 50 in the world are automatically invited along with former winners and recent champions and high finishers at professional and amateur tournaments.

There will be 91 men battling for the Green Jacket this week including Olympic champion Xander Schauffele .

The 28-year-old Californian qualifies by virtue of winning Olympic gold last summer at Tokyo 2020 although he is also in the top 10 of the world rankings.

Schauffele boasts a fine recent record at Augusta, finishing tied for third 12 months ago behind Hideki Matsuyama and sharing second place in 2019, but you have to go back to the TOUR Championship in September 2020 for his last PGA Tour triumph.

The full list of 2022 Masters invitees can be found here .

Twelve months after becoming Japan's first men's major winner , and Asia's first Masters champion, Matsuyama hopes to be back to defend his title.

After winning his season-opener at the Sony Open in Hawaii, a back injury kept him out of the PLAYERS Championship.

He returned to action at this week's Texas Open, but a neck problem saw him withdraw during the second round.

No such problems for Scottie Scheffler who arrives in Georgia as the new world number one thanks to a spectacular 2022 so far.

The 25-year-old from New Jersey had never won on the PGA Tour before this season and was perhaps best known for being the last man to shoot 59 in a professional tournament, at the 2020 Northern Trust.

But victories in February's Phoenix Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC Match Play saw him knock Jon Rahm off top spot just in time for the first major of the year.

Tiger Woods is back

While Scheffler is the man in form, most of the attention ahead of the Masters has revolved around Tiger Woods .

The five-time Masters winner has not played competitively since breaking his right leg in three places in a car crash last February.

With the aid of a golf cart, he did play with son Charlie in December's PNC Championship although he walked to the final green of the weekend and looked to be striking the ball well.

Speaking after that event, he talked about needing to build his "endurance" before returning to the PGA Tour.

Woods – whose last Major win was at Augusta in 2019 – has been practising all week on the course in front of full crowds .

“As of right now, I feel like I am going to play,” the 46-year-old said in a press conference on Tuesday (5 April). “My recovery has been good; I’ve been very excited about how I’ve recovered every day.”

“I don't show to an event unless I think I can win it," he said.

When Woods has withdrawn through injury in the past - in 2014, 2016 and 2017 - his latest pull-out was the Friday before the tournament. So it could be that no news is good news, and the 15-time major champion will tee it up on Thursday.

Watch this space.

Reigning (British) Open champion Collin Morikawa will be hoping to improve on his 44th and 18th-place finishes at the last two Masters.

Ahead of his first trip to Augusta as a major winner, Morikawa told GOLF's Subpar Podcast that he will stick to the gameplan that worked so well for him at Royal St George's.

Rio 2016 gold medallist and 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose has sneaked into the Masters thanks to being in the world's top 50 last year.

The Englishman, currently ranked 56, has more missed cuts (two) than top-10 finishes (one) this season. He will be hoping to rediscover his form in a tournament where he finished tied for second in both 2015 and 2017.

2022 Masters Tournament – Schedule

Thursday, 7 April : First round (Tom Watson will take part in opening drive ceremony as honorary starter, joining Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player)

Friday, 8 April : Second round

Saturday, 9 April : Third round

Sunday, 10 April : Fourth and final round, including Green Jacket ceremony and trophy presentation

2022 Masters Tournament – Players to watch

While Woods may or may not play, his old rival Phil Mickelson is definitely out after taking a break from the game following comments he made about the PGA Tour and the mooted Saudi Golf League.

The three-time winner's absence leaves something of a hole, but Bubba Watson (2012, 2014), Jose Maria Olazabal (1994, 1999) and Bernhard Langer (1985, 1993) are multiple winners who will be taking part.

Despite losing his world number one ranking, Jon Rahm is among the favourites to add to his first major success at last year's U.S. Open.

The big-hitting Spaniard has been pretty consistent this season without making the winners' circle, but he is likely to go close having finished in the top 10 in the last four Masters tournaments.

Scheffler apart, the form man this season is Cameron Smith who took victory in golf's 'fifth major', the PLAYERS Championship, last month.

That was the Australian's second win of the year having prevailed in January's Tournament of Champions, where he beat Rahm by one stroke, and it seems a matter of time before he opens his major account.

Another man to reckon with is four-time major champion Rory McIlroy . The 32-year-old from Northern Ireland just needs the Masters to complete a career grand slam of major titles, although he needs to step up on recent showings if he is going to achieve that feat this week.

Jordan Spieth seems to save his best for Augusta with the 28-year-old Texan seeking his first Green Jacket since taking victory in 2015.

Spieth has made the top three on five occasions in eight Masters appearances, including finishing tied for third 12 months ago.

Other stars to watch are 2020 champion Dustin Johnson , 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and four-time major winner Brooks Koepka .

Viktor Hovland could be the best of the foreign challengers with the 24-year-old the only Norwegian to win a PGA Tour event.

He now has three PGA Tour titles from a total of six professional wins, and lies fourth in the world rankings thanks to victory in January's Dubai Desert Classic and three top-10 finishes this season including a share of second in the Arnold Palmer Invitational behind Scheffler.

With all the invitation letters received, it's time for some elite golf.